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signalling the defunding of the nsa's phone records. they will force the government to reveal how many americans have had their information reviewed by federal agents. this as president obama on the hill today, assured lawmakers he was hearing their concerns about the reach of the nsa and even agreed to meet with a number of them at the white house tomorrow. today meetings came just hours after the administration announced they would be declassifying the now infamous secret court order compelling verizon to hand over all their american customer's phone records in bulk. that was edward snowden's first revelation, the one that kicked this whole thing off. today we got his latest. the piece published by glenn greenwald, with documents provided by snowden, details another nsa surveillance program, a top secret national security agency program that allows analysts to search with no prior authorization through vast databases containing e-mails, online chats and the browsing history of millions of individuals. those details of yet another nsa
signalling the defunding of the nsa's phone records. they will force the government to reveal how many americans have had their information reviewed by federal agents. this as president obama on the hill today, assured lawmakers he was hearing their concerns about the reach of the nsa and even agreed to meet with a number of them at the white house tomorrow. today meetings came just hours after the administration announced they would be declassifying the now infamous secret court order...
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i will talk to him about edward snowden and whether the nsa leaker is safe. >>> it's a video that went shock viral. we'll tell you why it's significant. >>> it's high noon in the east. developing now new and alarming details on that worldwide travel alert issued by the state department. this comes after shutting down 22 u.s. embassy and consulates. it's unclear when they will reopen. the travel alert is in effect until next month. >> i'm quite concerned because i think there's going to be a big blow up pretty soon. i'm not sure what to anticipate because i don't know what the history is between the u.s. and this particular blow up in middle east. i'm thinking the u.s. is going to take pretty good care of us now. >> it always makes you nervous but you got to carry on. you just can't keep ongoing. you just got to go. it's the only way to get back there. >> the big question what potential threat would raise the ale alert level so high. what are officials telling you? >> reporter: they're saying it's based on fairly specific threat. they're not going into a whole lot of detail. they've emp
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claims and what we heard from the nsa just seven days later? >> he has been parcing his words very, very carefully. up to what we could politely call being disingenuous. he said congress is fully briefed on this kind of thing and members of congress have said constantly that when they do go to an intelligence briefing they get really real distortions. all kinds of platitudes without any specifics. what we have is a situation where the nsa has been caught once again and it really gets us to the fundamental issue, which is you have to always word with the authorities that if they have power there is a potential that they're going to abuse it. >> you know, a very interesting point earlier in the broadcast, we were talking about stop and frisk and he talked about the fourth amendment in general. since becoming one of the forgotten amendments over the past year and a half do we agree with that assessment? is that something that has received bipartisan support that the fourth amendment is under fire more than especially the second amendment which som
claims and what we heard from the nsa just seven days later? >> he has been parcing his words very, very carefully. up to what we could politely call being disingenuous. he said congress is fully briefed on this kind of thing and members of congress have said constantly that when they do go to an intelligence briefing they get really real distortions. all kinds of platitudes without any specifics. what we have is a situation where the nsa has been caught once again and it really gets us...
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i see a lot of people respond to me when i cover the nsa, concern about the nsa and whatever it is doing is an outgrowth of fr privilege, yourself. if you're trying to make sure your 16-year-old son isn't jacked up by cops every day, you're not that worried about whatever screen of data that is happening in some remote -- there's something to that, but then at the same time it also feels like this is a way of marginalizing a story about what the government can do that really is connected in a very direct way to what the government's doing up and down from the federal down to the local level. >> sure. i'm trying to push back against that marginalization. >> go ahead, james. >> trying to push back against that marginalization. it's difficult to do that because what you're saying is the real -- it's the real experiences of a lot of folk obviously in new york city, but pennsylvania also has stop and frisk. i think the zimmerman trial is important here as well. when you see vigilanteism on the rise, when you see these vigilante murders and see the ways in which stop and frisk and stand your g
i see a lot of people respond to me when i cover the nsa, concern about the nsa and whatever it is doing is an outgrowth of fr privilege, yourself. if you're trying to make sure your 16-year-old son isn't jacked up by cops every day, you're not that worried about whatever screen of data that is happening in some remote -- there's something to that, but then at the same time it also feels like this is a way of marginalizing a story about what the government can do that really is connected in a...
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these nsa programs are extremely unpopular in europe, too. it's caused tension between some of the united states' closest allies. it goes beyond russia. obviously, this is the near-term issue we expect to hear the president sort of justify his reasoning of not doing this -- of deciding to skip this summit. it is fascinating now. he's announcing a whole bunch of reforms based on documents that were released by edward snowden. they're announcing all of these new reforms. okay. now we've canceled a summit. at some point over russia's refusal to turn edward snowden over, but it's clear they're also sort of sheepish in deciding they do need a new policy. so was it really -- then should they be cancelling summits over this issue? i think that's going to be another question the president is going to have to deal with. >> have you heard anything about the lower-level meetings taking place between secretary kerry and hagel and their russian counterparts today and if that's helping to mend any of the fi fissures? >> well, they are supposedly -- and the
these nsa programs are extremely unpopular in europe, too. it's caused tension between some of the united states' closest allies. it goes beyond russia. obviously, this is the near-term issue we expect to hear the president sort of justify his reasoning of not doing this -- of deciding to skip this summit. it is fascinating now. he's announcing a whole bunch of reforms based on documents that were released by edward snowden. they're announcing all of these new reforms. okay. now we've canceled...
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nsa leaker edward snowden's whereabouts are a mystery. u.s. and russian officials are trying to contain the diplomatic fallout from the decision to grant him asylum. they met with a senior aide to putin to discuss his new status. joining me now is kimberly dosier with the associated press. let's listen to how he described this move by russia. >> russia has stabbed us in the back. and each day that snowden is allowed to roam free is another twist of the knife. as long as as prime minister putin acts like a bully, we have only one choice, to stand up to him and show him that bullies pay a price. >> so, kimberly, do you agree with senator schumer that this is like a knife in the back to the u.s.? because it's not like the u.s. and russia have had the best diplomatic relationship to begin with. do you think the u.s. might retaliate? >> well, as we reported, what this is for putin is a chance to put his thumb in the eye of the united states. this is a way to answer back to issues like the u.s. standing against russia on syria, the u.s. standing aga
nsa leaker edward snowden's whereabouts are a mystery. u.s. and russian officials are trying to contain the diplomatic fallout from the decision to grant him asylum. they met with a senior aide to putin to discuss his new status. joining me now is kimberly dosier with the associated press. let's listen to how he described this move by russia. >> russia has stabbed us in the back. and each day that snowden is allowed to roam free is another twist of the knife. as long as as prime minister...
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did it have anything to do with the nsa? i would say it would be very valuable for the administration once this has passed to give us more insight into how they knew. if they played a role, that's an important part of that debate. if it didn't, that's also an important part. >> all right, michael. thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. >>> the control for u.s. senate kicked off this weekend at a 133-year-old church picnic in a small kentucky town. it was the fancy farm kentucky that senate minority leader mitch mcconnell spent his first real day on the campaign trail and faced his two challengers for the first time. mcconnell is being pressured from two sides. on the left is democrat allison lundgrimes. on the right, tea party favorite matt bevin, who is challenging mcconnell in the gop primary. >> if senator mcconnell had his way, his version of kentucky health care for our seniors, grandmother, would be to walk it off. let's just tell it like it is. if the doctors told senator mcconnell that he had a kidney stone, h
did it have anything to do with the nsa? i would say it would be very valuable for the administration once this has passed to give us more insight into how they knew. if they played a role, that's an important part of that debate. if it didn't, that's also an important part. >> all right, michael. thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. >>> the control for u.s. senate kicked off this weekend at a 133-year-old church picnic in a small kentucky town. it was the fancy...
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i want to talk about the foreign policy fallout from the nsa programs. your spokesman said yesterday there's no question that the u.s. relationship with russia has gotten worse since vladimir putin took office. how much of that declineputin? also, will there be any additional punitive measures taken against russia, or is cancelling the september summit all you can really do given the host of issues the u.s. needs russian cooperation for? thank you. >> good. i think there's always been some tension in the u.s./russian relationship after the fall of the soviet union. there's been cooperation in some areas. there's been competition in others. it is true that in my first four years in working with president medvedev, we got a lot done. we were able to cooperate on iran sanctions. they provided us help in terms of supplying our troops in afghanistan. we were able to get russia into the wto, which is not just good for russia, it's good for our companies and businesses because they're more likely to follow international norms and rules. so there's been a lot of
i want to talk about the foreign policy fallout from the nsa programs. your spokesman said yesterday there's no question that the u.s. relationship with russia has gotten worse since vladimir putin took office. how much of that declineputin? also, will there be any additional punitive measures taken against russia, or is cancelling the september summit all you can really do given the host of issues the u.s. needs russian cooperation for? thank you. >> good. i think there's always been...
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to the press, the nsa has no idea what data they took from him, how many documents he took, or what the documents are. the nsa has, quote, poor data organization and poor audit capability and that they have not been able to do a complete damage assessment of what this guy took. and this is who we have given the power apparently or who has claimed the power to monitor your e-mail and communications. they got the keys or at least they took the keys and it turns out they can barely reach the pedals let alone steer. in a democratic society rule is by the consent of the governed. power is given. it is lent with the consent of the governed. and we are not like hi to continue consenting to it if you misuse that power or, more importantly, if you are the freaking keystone cops who have no idea what you are doing with that power. joining us now is dan rather, anchor for dan rather reports on axs-tv. should it be comforting in a way that the government is incompetent at overreaching? is that better than if they were great at it? >> that's better than being great at it. as reporters we get pai
to the press, the nsa has no idea what data they took from him, how many documents he took, or what the documents are. the nsa has, quote, poor data organization and poor audit capability and that they have not been able to do a complete damage assessment of what this guy took. and this is who we have given the power apparently or who has claimed the power to monitor your e-mail and communications. they got the keys or at least they took the keys and it turns out they can barely reach the...
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i have my feelings about transparency and all that's going on in the nsa. let's put that aside and look at russia/american relations. this is very damaging. i have a hard time believing obama will not go to st. petersburg and meet with the g-20 and maybe even putin in the fall. this is really damaging. we have a lot of business with the russians, but the origins of this are obvious. this goes back to the cold war. it goes back to russian sense of humiliation in the wake of the collapse of the soviet union and russia is now led by, let's face it, somebody who deeply regretted the collapse of the soviet union, deeply hated what happened in the '90s and hates seeing russia morally criticized when pussy riot is put in jail, when -- >> a main activist who was just found guilty. >> the snowden situation allows him to say, look how they treat their people. we're not going to receive any moral lectures from the west. look at them. look how they behave. >> what i find fascinating and we just had john schindler who did counterintelligence and other things at nsa. i'v
i have my feelings about transparency and all that's going on in the nsa. let's put that aside and look at russia/american relations. this is very damaging. i have a hard time believing obama will not go to st. petersburg and meet with the g-20 and maybe even putin in the fall. this is really damaging. we have a lot of business with the russians, but the origins of this are obvious. this goes back to the cold war. it goes back to russian sense of humiliation in the wake of the collapse of the...
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i think some are related to kopbt verse ya over nsa. overall, this is part of a foreign spying program. >> speaking of the controversy, the president spoke in great detail during that address to the media on friday. and here's part of that. >> no, i don't think mr. snowden was a patriot. as i said in my opening remarks, i called for a thorough review of our surveillance operations before mr. snowden made these leaks. >> the reforms that the president is calling for? >> i think that's an open question. certainly he wouldn't be trumpeting them this much. still, i can't really read the president solely on this one. >> we thank you for what you did. appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >> long advice from shakespeare. ♪ there's a new way to fight litter box odor. introducing tidy cats with glade tough odor solutions. two trusted names, one amazing product. look! one select-a-size sheet of bounty is 50% more absorbent than a full size sheet of the leading ordinary brand. use less with bounty select-a-size. no-charge scheduled maintenance. check.
i think some are related to kopbt verse ya over nsa. overall, this is part of a foreign spying program. >> speaking of the controversy, the president spoke in great detail during that address to the media on friday. and here's part of that. >> no, i don't think mr. snowden was a patriot. as i said in my opening remarks, i called for a thorough review of our surveillance operations before mr. snowden made these leaks. >> the reforms that the president is calling for? >> i...
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>> democrats increasingly troubled by nsa surveillance. i think the report in "the washington post" showing that there were more than 2700 incidents in which the nsa broke and violated is going to get more press. democrats are already reacting negatively to it. we've seen patrick leahy on the senate judiciary saying that he's going to hold hearings. even nancy pelosi who has been supportive of the president here says she's quite troubled and regular critics like senator ron wyden have released a letter saying this is the only the tip of the iceberg. there's still a lot we don't know. >> harry, what are you hearing down there? is this something that has already got the far left up in arms or much to do about nothing? >> they voted to defund this program a month ago. i think you're going to have real issues when the congress gets back. there's been a lot of pushback. you can see the people that supported the president, kind of pulling back. this is going to be a big issue. if you you're looking for the obama scandal, as the republicans are,
>> democrats increasingly troubled by nsa surveillance. i think the report in "the washington post" showing that there were more than 2700 incidents in which the nsa broke and violated is going to get more press. democrats are already reacting negatively to it. we've seen patrick leahy on the senate judiciary saying that he's going to hold hearings. even nancy pelosi who has been supportive of the president here says she's quite troubled and regular critics like senator ron...
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is the administration winning the debate over the nsa surveillance programs? >>> and the big divide over america's role in the world that may, in fact, be a preview of fight ahead in 2016 among republicans. our political roundtable is here, including "morning joe," joe scarborough himself. and former presidential candidate, rick santorum. [ female announcer ] when you're ready to take skincare to the next level you're ready for roc® new roc® multi correxion has an exclusive 5 in 1 formula it's clinically proven to hydrate dryness, illuminate dullness lift sagging diminish the look of dark spots and smooth the appearance of wrinkles together these 5 elements create ageless looking skin roc® multi correxion 5 in 1 it's high performance skincare™ only from roc® >>> and we're back with the news that we just heard about these terror threats, specific information. former presidential candidate senator rick santorum. i'd come back to you to ask the same question i asked the senators. how significant is this? we know it's a big reaction. is it a big deal? >> i t
is the administration winning the debate over the nsa surveillance programs? >>> and the big divide over america's role in the world that may, in fact, be a preview of fight ahead in 2016 among republicans. our political roundtable is here, including "morning joe," joe scarborough himself. and former presidential candidate, rick santorum. [ female announcer ] when you're ready to take skincare to the next level you're ready for roc® new roc® multi correxion has an exclusive...
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at the same time, the judge, criticizing the nsa, admitted he let something go and the nsa lied to him. look at what we're finding out. 75% of e-mail traffic is getting swept up in this surveillance. the report says it's not malicious, it was just a mistake. >> and it's probably not. >> that's the answer, everyone says, what could go wrong? this is what could go wrong. the fact that all your e-mails are going to be under the apparatus. >> none of this happens without edward snowden. let's be realistic. do we really believe clapper would have released what he did today? the nsa would be deciding they need to be forthcoming? the president tried to say that's not true, they would have done this review. maybe they'd have done some of this but there's no way we'd be seeing all this. >> i think at least chelsea manning had the courage to face judge. the big issue here is that, you know, you have not just the government having access to this but tens of thousands of private contractors, right? every american has 75% of their e-mail traffic now in the hands of contractors who may end up lettin
at the same time, the judge, criticizing the nsa, admitted he let something go and the nsa lied to him. look at what we're finding out. 75% of e-mail traffic is getting swept up in this surveillance. the report says it's not malicious, it was just a mistake. >> and it's probably not. >> that's the answer, everyone says, what could go wrong? this is what could go wrong. the fact that all your e-mails are going to be under the apparatus. >> none of this happens without edward...
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the self-professed nsa leaker got the proper documents to leave. he is in an undisclosed location this morning. and while it might help the former contractor this morning, jim aceda is joining us. what are the implications for what has happened with the whole snowden scenario? >> reporter: good morning, betty. the snowden situation has strained difficult relations between the united states and russia. the u.s. does see the snowden asylum as a slap in the face really. the question now is how far is the obama administration willing to go to embarrass putin by boycotting the g 20. obama and putin plan to have one-on-one talks in moscow before the g-20. the white house is hinting to cancel that. he spent his first night in freedom as an official refugee. his lawyer says that he's staying in the home of an american expat family, that he's learning russian and wants to get a job to support himself. not in information technology. he's more interested in becoming a human rights activist. back to you. >> very interesting. thank you very much. we'll watch th
the self-professed nsa leaker got the proper documents to leave. he is in an undisclosed location this morning. and while it might help the former contractor this morning, jim aceda is joining us. what are the implications for what has happened with the whole snowden scenario? >> reporter: good morning, betty. the snowden situation has strained difficult relations between the united states and russia. the u.s. does see the snowden asylum as a slap in the face really. the question now is...
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senator john mccain has an interesting view on the former nsa contractor. >> there's a generation that believes he's some kind of jason bourne. >>> and look at this. first lady michelle obama tweeted this selfie with beau. it's to create the world's largest animal photo album. >>> and president obama might want to keep his day job. while golfing, check this out. the president lands the ball about 15 feet from the hole. second shot. good try. still not enough. another shot. nope. just shy of the hole. and then, finally, the fourth shot, mr. president, it goes in. just a tap. that's going to do it. i know, right? that's your morning dish of "scrambled politic." >>> authorities are searching for a woman that was rushed away during a massive mudslide. the mud poured down highways and residential streets. one person killed. about 40 cars were swept up in the river of mud. unbelievable. >>> now, for a look at the weather. here's dylan dreyer. and the pictures are unreal. >> it's unreal. that's the area that was hit by the waldo canyon fire a year ago. when the ground is that burnt up, it can
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what has their thinking been about the criticism of the nsa program? >> of all things on his plate, snowden leaks, the question of what does nsa do and what is surveillance about, politically had a bigger impact than the other various controversy. some argue are politically driven and others more serious than that. this one had the actual impact when you look at the polls it's that's where you see skepticism rising among particularly among folks under the age of 40 who spent a lot of time online and he has been getting a lot of advice, the president has, from outside advisers saying you have to be more public in explaining and if your going to defend and in defending. create more transparency and do these things. you have to get out there and explain these programs because you're taking on water on this topic with a group of voters and a group of americans who are inclined to be supportive of you on other things. you can't afford to lose another piece of the american electorate because you have other things you have to push. >> and this comes after con
what has their thinking been about the criticism of the nsa program? >> of all things on his plate, snowden leaks, the question of what does nsa do and what is surveillance about, politically had a bigger impact than the other various controversy. some argue are politically driven and others more serious than that. this one had the actual impact when you look at the polls it's that's where you see skepticism rising among particularly among folks under the age of 40 who spent a lot of time...
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how did the president's comments -- how did they change the debate over the nsa program? or did they change the debate? >> they changed the debate some. if you look back two months ago when the snowden information first came out, he struck a defiant tone. he essentially said nothing's wrong here, no one's looking at your phone records. he sort of questioned what the debate was about. if you look now, there was a voting congress, the majority of democrats said they wanted to defund this program. if you look at these changes, michael hayden is right, the program has not been changed. the president didn't say the program did anything wrong. that said, he has moved to where he's now conceding there's a public uprising, both among conservatives and liberals, and trying to find a way to square the circle, make people who are traditional allies of the president like dick durbin, and ron wyden, he's trying to talk them through that, while defending the program overall as well. >> president obama friday again strongly condemning snowden's actions. this is the exchange that he had
how did the president's comments -- how did they change the debate over the nsa program? or did they change the debate? >> they changed the debate some. if you look back two months ago when the snowden information first came out, he struck a defiant tone. he essentially said nothing's wrong here, no one's looking at your phone records. he sort of questioned what the debate was about. if you look now, there was a voting congress, the majority of democrats said they wanted to defund this...
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because the nsa argues you can't have half a haystack. you've got to have basically all the numbers in the united states if you want to match it against what senator chambliss talked about, a guy overseas talking to somebody in the united states. >> that's one of two questions. first is, how much do you need to collect? who should hold this? does the government need all this information on everybody in this country? that's the first preliminary question that we're going the address. the second is the fisa court, this court we know very little about and isn't public, how much authority should it have? what checks should be in place to make sure that there is at least an adversarial proceeding there when it comes to the issue of privacy and security. so i think that we're open to changes in both. the president is committed to the safety of this country. but let's do everything we can to protect the privacy of innocent americans. >> you know, the secrecy, senator chambliss, surrounding these programs, is of course the intelligence community
because the nsa argues you can't have half a haystack. you've got to have basically all the numbers in the united states if you want to match it against what senator chambliss talked about, a guy overseas talking to somebody in the united states. >> that's one of two questions. first is, how much do you need to collect? who should hold this? does the government need all this information on everybody in this country? that's the first preliminary question that we're going the address. the...
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the snas nsa released this stat, quote. steve, nancy pelosi released a statement calling this extremely disturbing. are we going to see more movement on this whole issue? >> i certainly hope so. another of karen's colleagues, dana priest, has chronicled how pathetic the congressional oversight is of the intelligence machinery of the country and i think this report continues to show that. what is disturbing to me about this report and karen raised with the issues of the various typos is how powerful algorithms are. when you're punching in data and so much is digitized the accident flow that comes out of these areas. a book by jim risen called "state of war," to connect that to that there was the -- showing our contacts in iran that were disclosed to the public because of another kind of similar error. so i think that we need to get in and see congress really review its own oversight of these bureaucracies. >> you put in 202 versus 20 that could result in what it did, it boggles the mind for the possibilities here. thank you
the snas nsa released this stat, quote. steve, nancy pelosi released a statement calling this extremely disturbing. are we going to see more movement on this whole issue? >> i certainly hope so. another of karen's colleagues, dana priest, has chronicled how pathetic the congressional oversight is of the intelligence machinery of the country and i think this report continues to show that. what is disturbing to me about this report and karen raised with the issues of the various typos is...
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up next, the most effective times report on how the nsa reads your e-mails. chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for boat insurance. geico, see how much you could save. but you had to leave rightce to now, would you go? world, man: 'oh i can't go tonight' woman: 'i can't.' hero : that's what expedia asked me. host: book the flight but you have to go right now. hero: (laughs) and i just go? this is for real right? this is for real? i always said one day i'd go to china, just never thought it'd be today. anncr: we're giving away a trip every day. download the expedia app and your next trip could be on us. expedia, find yours. ♪ don't tell mom. don't tell mom. don't tell mom! don't tell mom. okay. don't tell mom. don't tell mom. don't tell mom? yeah. the best stories you'll ever tell start with, don't tell." don't tell dad. start yours in the new santa fe. from hyundai. >>> you don't have a domestic spying perhaps. what we do have are some mechanisms where we can track a phone number or an e-mail address that we know is connected to some sor
up next, the most effective times report on how the nsa reads your e-mails. chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for boat insurance. geico, see how much you could save. but you had to leave rightce to now, would you go? world, man: 'oh i can't go tonight' woman: 'i can't.' hero : that's what expedia asked me. host: book the flight but you have to go right now. hero: (laughs) and i just go? this is for real right? this is for real? i always said one day i'd go to china, just...
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what washington worries that the nsa leaker's asylum will ground relations with russia. we'll discuss the latest chapter in the snowden saga and the russian ballet with the "new york times" david sanger joins us next on "now." hey, it's me, progressive insurance. you know, from our 4,000 television commercials. yep, there i am with flo. hoo-hoo! watch it! [chuckles] anyhoo, 3 million people switched to me last year, saving an average of $475. [sigh] it feels good to help people save... with great discounts like safe driver, multicar, and multipolicy. so call me today. you'll be glad you did. cannonbox! [splash!] ♪ it guides you to a number that will change your life: your sleep number setting. it will give you the soundest sleep you've ever had. it's a bed so intuitive it even knows you by name. now it's easier than ever to experience deep, restful sleep with our advanced dualair technology you'll only find in a sleep number bed. at the simple touch of a button, the sleep number mattress adjusts to your ideal level of comfort and support, with exceptional pressure reli
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i'm about to start a bacon party in my tum-tum. >> anyway, concerned about nsa surveillance continues to mount. this week after new leaks revealed another secret program called x-keyscore which collects data from e-mails, social media and browser history. while these leaks continue to stoke characterizations of the agency as big brother, here is a parody from "wired" magazine's youtube channel depicting what it's really like inside the nsa. >> special projects, nicole. >> we have a situation. what you doing? >> i'm analyzing glenn greenwald's metadata. >> follow my instructions. are you ready? turn on your computer. >> it's already on. >> oh, you're a good kid. now, listen to me very carefully. i need you to hack a website. >> yes! i've been waiting for this moment. thank you so much. >> your youthful exuberance is wasting precious time. now, i'll give you the information. all right, where are we? >> jeez. >> have you hacked the site? >> yes, i hacked the site. >> was your cover blown? >> no. >> is the data i mentioned still there? >> yes, the data is all here. >> read me the data. >>
i'm about to start a bacon party in my tum-tum. >> anyway, concerned about nsa surveillance continues to mount. this week after new leaks revealed another secret program called x-keyscore which collects data from e-mails, social media and browser history. while these leaks continue to stoke characterizations of the agency as big brother, here is a parody from "wired" magazine's youtube channel depicting what it's really like inside the nsa. >> special projects, nicole....
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is joe schmo one of the guys the nsa is infusing to worry about the e-mail? i saw this piece i was reading, saying haven't i read this before? some of this we have known, haven't we? >> well, we certainly have known that the nsa oversees a collection of a vast amount of internet voice communication and uses the internet to hunt through them. and we know that here on domestic soil where the constitution applies and so forth it does sometimes under the fiza amendment act, target overseas collections. and if america is in direct contact with that foreign target that means the american's communication will be taken without a warrant, as well. so what is different about this, this is the searching of the content of americans of at least their cross-border communications, and it is happening on u.s. soil without warrants. >> you have real technical detail on how they do it, it is kind of fascinating. they in effect make a kind of clone of the information, and according to the report, hold it briefly, maybe minutes or less. and if they don't find the things they're
is joe schmo one of the guys the nsa is infusing to worry about the e-mail? i saw this piece i was reading, saying haven't i read this before? some of this we have known, haven't we? >> well, we certainly have known that the nsa oversees a collection of a vast amount of internet voice communication and uses the internet to hunt through them. and we know that here on domestic soil where the constitution applies and so forth it does sometimes under the fiza amendment act, target overseas...
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we never really imagined that all this data would be warehoused under the nsa. and i think that's what's giving the american people a lot of pause right now. and i think that's what needs to be explained to the american people. and congress will be reviewing this issue in section 215 of the patriot act to see if this is expanded beyond the original intent of the law. >> what actually changes, bart? do you think there's much room here to fundamentally change these programs? because all the nsa says is, look, maybe we could change who controls this meta data, which is in this virtual vault, and who has access to it and how it's kept, which may be not enough for those who think there's a problem. >> well, congress may decide not to allow the nsa or via the fbi to collect every single call record of every single american for this purpose. that's not what the president's argument sounded like in his news conference. he sounded like he wanted to, as you say, just put a little more oversight on it internally, within the executive branch, and to sort of be slightly more
we never really imagined that all this data would be warehoused under the nsa. and i think that's what's giving the american people a lot of pause right now. and i think that's what needs to be explained to the american people. and congress will be reviewing this issue in section 215 of the patriot act to see if this is expanded beyond the original intent of the law. >> what actually changes, bart? do you think there's much room here to fundamentally change these programs? because all the...
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i want to go right to pete williams on the nsa. pete, you heard the president lay out four changes that he wanted to make, reforming section 215 with new safeguards, greater transparency and also the creation of some kind of new independent body. your reaction to the president on the surveillance issue. >> right. what the president said is that he's willing to look at the issue of having an adversary before the foreign intelligence surveillance corps, one of the criticisms of it is that the only people who ever appear before these judges in secret are the government. nobody's there to argue against or say the government doesn't need this and shouldn't have it. the president has said he's willing to look at an adversary to represent in essence civil liberties interests. he didn't say he was committed to it. he said he was willing to consider it. apparently this is something the government is seriously considering doing. making more public information about how these programs work putting up a website to explain them and bringing in
i want to go right to pete williams on the nsa. pete, you heard the president lay out four changes that he wanted to make, reforming section 215 with new safeguards, greater transparency and also the creation of some kind of new independent body. your reaction to the president on the surveillance issue. >> right. what the president said is that he's willing to look at the issue of having an adversary before the foreign intelligence surveillance corps, one of the criticisms of it is that...
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you had reporting on the nsa. they were one of the biggest papers, one of the two papers alongside the guardian to issue the leaks. you had editorial pages saying, hold on, we have to stop these leaks. i think as long as there's an adaptation to what the american public wants, then, yeah. >> but i'm not sure that -- so, i hear you on what the american public wants, but that always makes me a little bit nervous, only because part of what we choose from is a menu of options that are there. and so, this is part of some of the independent media piece, right, to the extent that independent media gets squeezed, i'm not sure that people are making -- it's like, the american public wants reality tv. well, no, reality television is what's on. so you pick which one of them you want. i guess that's my only concern, do we even have on our menu, independent, long-form sort of deep, in-depth journalism? >> we do, if we seek it. the reality is, and i think, you know, the rise of buzz feed exemplifies this, and also in some ways
you had reporting on the nsa. they were one of the biggest papers, one of the two papers alongside the guardian to issue the leaks. you had editorial pages saying, hold on, we have to stop these leaks. i think as long as there's an adaptation to what the american public wants, then, yeah. >> but i'm not sure that -- so, i hear you on what the american public wants, but that always makes me a little bit nervous, only because part of what we choose from is a menu of options that are there....
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this gets back into the nsa program. i know that many americans are still concerned about the level of intelligence collected through the nsa program but it's not only foreign intelligence. what the intelligence shows us is taking place in yemen or over in north africa. those calls are going through to parts of europe and to the united states so, yes, we may have to scale back the size. our enemies are out there making plots to ichb flikt harm on us. we need a very strong surveillance program, one in which congress has to take much greater responsibility in overseeing. that's critical to balance the liberty and also the security of this country. >> thank you very much. bill cohn. >>> and the web world is making headlines today. amazon's ceo made news by buying the washington post this week as a personal investment. they're diving into the art world. you wouldn't believe this, but they are introducing their new fine art marketplace. master pieces by andy warhol and monet are worth hundreds of millions of dollars. yahoo! c
this gets back into the nsa program. i know that many americans are still concerned about the level of intelligence collected through the nsa program but it's not only foreign intelligence. what the intelligence shows us is taking place in yemen or over in north africa. those calls are going through to parts of europe and to the united states so, yes, we may have to scale back the size. our enemies are out there making plots to ichb flikt harm on us. we need a very strong surveillance program,...
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nsa built a surveillance network than officials have publicly showed. it can reach 75% of all u.s. internet traffic. this is days after the british government destroyed laptops that supposedly had information from edward snowden's files on it. i mean, what are the repercussions of this? >> i want to say one can be disturbed about what was done to glenn greenwald's partner and one can be concerned about the extent that is being revealed by the snowden leaks about nsa leaking. one can be disturbed by all of those things. being disturbed and concerned and the general march towards secrecy does not thereby say and bradley manning should be pardoned or released. i just want to make that clear, that those -- one can be properly concerned about all of those things and think that the snowden effect is more good than bad, but that -- again, i would say that doesn't mean that all bets are off and anybody can leak anything. >> i am not proposing it's a zero sum game. i think the narrative around bradley manning is much more cemented in the anti-camp than the pro camp. he has controlled the me
nsa built a surveillance network than officials have publicly showed. it can reach 75% of all u.s. internet traffic. this is days after the british government destroyed laptops that supposedly had information from edward snowden's files on it. i mean, what are the repercussions of this? >> i want to say one can be disturbed about what was done to glenn greenwald's partner and one can be concerned about the extent that is being revealed by the snowden leaks about nsa leaking. one can be...
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this encryption technology takes even the nsa many years to crack. and so the idea that the russians and chinese government can somehow pull out of the ether extremely encrypted data is the stuff of science fiction which no one would take seriously who has knowledge of how encryption works. >> i want to ask you about exkey score. that's the more kree cest recen reports. >> more to come? >> yeah, there are so many documents that we have. it has taken us quite a while to read through them all but there is a lot more domestic and international spying that the nsa does that even people in congress don't know about that we're going to continue to report very aggressively. >> i want to ask you a question about something that's just breaking in the last 24 hours as well because have you been outspoken for the need for gay rights. here snowden is now in russia which is saying to gay olympians that they will be prosecuted under the russian law. how do you feel as good as you obviously feel about what russia has done to grant asylum to mr. snowden, how do you
this encryption technology takes even the nsa many years to crack. and so the idea that the russians and chinese government can somehow pull out of the ether extremely encrypted data is the stuff of science fiction which no one would take seriously who has knowledge of how encryption works. >> i want to ask you about exkey score. that's the more kree cest recen reports. >> more to come? >> yeah, there are so many documents that we have. it has taken us quite a while to read...
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new questions is about his wife humaabedin, anyway, and the government of russia, putin has granted nsa leaker edward snowden temporary asylum. a full year. that means he now gets to live under a government that's not really big on freedom. >>> finally the speech queen elizabeth never wanted to write, never wanted to give, and we never wanted to hear. it's about nuclear war. this is "hardball," the place for politics. i save time, money, and i avoid frustration. you'll find reviews on home repair to healthcare, written by people just like you. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. the house caught fire and we were out on the streets. [ whispering ] shhh. it's only a dream. and we have home insurance. but if we made a claim, our rate would go up... [ whispering ] shhh. you did it right. you have allstate claim rate guard so your rates won't go up just because of a claim. [ whispering ] are we still in a dream? no, you're in an allstate commercial. so get allstate home insurance with claim rate guard... [ whispering ] good
new questions is about his wife humaabedin, anyway, and the government of russia, putin has granted nsa leaker edward snowden temporary asylum. a full year. that means he now gets to live under a government that's not really big on freedom. >>> finally the speech queen elizabeth never wanted to write, never wanted to give, and we never wanted to hear. it's about nuclear war. this is "hardball," the place for politics. i save time, money, and i avoid frustration. you'll find...
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booker supports the nsa. he's on the wrong side of obama care. he's on the wrong side of economic policies that's pick being away at our economy. cory booker has failed as mayor of newark and fail as senator from new jersey. i'll represent the core values of our state that i've gone up with. cory booker is too liberal for new jersey and the entire country. >> let's talk about the republican party as a whole you're looking to them to support you. but there's a big rift in the party. you have mitch mcconnell facing a huge primary bolt with matt bevin. priebus wrapping up the meetings, he said they should avoid labels, use this word republican. >> it depends what they mean by that. we need to return to a country that embraces small business not big government. country that protects us from our enemies not spy on us. that's the direction goipt. i want america to be a country ever limited government that releases the limited ability of americans to produce. i don't care if you call it conservative, libertarian, th
booker supports the nsa. he's on the wrong side of obama care. he's on the wrong side of economic policies that's pick being away at our economy. cory booker has failed as mayor of newark and fail as senator from new jersey. i'll represent the core values of our state that i've gone up with. cory booker is too liberal for new jersey and the entire country. >> let's talk about the republican party as a whole you're looking to them to support you. but there's a big rift in the party. you...
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we saw a presentation from the head of the nsa general keith alexander earlier this week. afterwards we were able to catch up with him in a back hallway and ask him about what his reactions were? >> do you think he should come back and face charges here? >> i do, absolutely. >> what do you think will happen to him? >> that's up to our juadditional process. i think he'll get justice. >> you want the russians to let him go? >> ababsolutely. >> but i've got to tell you, all sorts of very scary things on display here. a lot of these guys are doing hacks to fry try to figure out can be done as infrastructure and patch those before any bad guy hackers get into them. a demonstration earlier this week involving oil pipelines and how hackers could get into the sensors that tell whether an oil pipeline is open or closed and spoof the operators of those pipelines to think the valves are open when, in fact, they're actually closed. that could cause an explosive leak in a pipeline. we also talked to some folks who said they could do a similar thing by spoofing the temperature controls
we saw a presentation from the head of the nsa general keith alexander earlier this week. afterwards we were able to catch up with him in a back hallway and ask him about what his reactions were? >> do you think he should come back and face charges here? >> i do, absolutely. >> what do you think will happen to him? >> that's up to our juadditional process. i think he'll get justice. >> you want the russians to let him go? >> ababsolutely. >> but i've...
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is this a snub based on russia protecting nsa leaker edward snowden? we will find out. pete williams is going to be here to explain where this investigation stands on ben ghazi and hillary, the sequel? why not to play nice for certain networks if they plan to produce hillary biopicks. my guests will be here to weigh in. she may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec®. powerful allergy relief for adults and kids six years and older. zyrtec®. love the air. and kids six years and older. that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay. and save you up to thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket costs. call today to request a free decision guide to help you better understand what medicare is all about. and which aarp medicare supplement plan works best for you. with these types of plans, you'll be able
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the fact is we were not adequately informed about what nsa is doing. i resent that, and i don't have any question about the vote that i cast being the right vote. >>> and you don't have any sympathy with those who would argue that this kind of trolling for information is justified on the basis of security and safety of this nation? >> you can justify it on an expedient base, martin, but we're supposed to be an example to the rest of the world. that's what america's values and principles are all about. it's times like this when they are challenged that it's most important for us to uphold them. you know, you, martin, i know make all kinds of international calls, and they know every call that you have made. >> they do. >> now, i trust this president and probably most, if not all, of the people that work for him. but what if we have a paranoid president such as nixon, and they decide they know everyone you have talked to, and everyone you have talked to is suspect. i don't like that kind of dragnet. that's not the way our legal system is supposed to opera
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the report says the nsa can monitor 75% of all u.s. internet traffic.
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edward snowden, the nsa. what's going on with all of this? you know, there's some new polling to take this kind of bigger picture. well, i guess i'll start with snowden because he has been a fascinating character and a lot of people have said that he himself and his actions have really distracted from the debate that he wanted to have over the nsa and over the leaks that he put out there. in some respects i think that's true, but when you look at the fact that public opinion is actually moving in the direction of questioning government surveillance and we are having bigger conversations, i think he was successful in starting that conversation. now one thing i'll point out with that polling moving in that direction is i think that polling can change very quickly if you have another sort of security threat, if you have another incident. and that's why you see politicians, even politicians like president obama who came into office pledging transparency and pledging to be very different than president bush. i think that's why you see him going in
edward snowden, the nsa. what's going on with all of this? you know, there's some new polling to take this kind of bigger picture. well, i guess i'll start with snowden because he has been a fascinating character and a lot of people have said that he himself and his actions have really distracted from the debate that he wanted to have over the nsa and over the leaks that he put out there. in some respects i think that's true, but when you look at the fact that public opinion is actually moving...
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>> the president on friday when he was talking about the nsa and some of the things he was going to be doing, he consulted with silicon valley and he said he would continue to engage them. one of the things i thought was interesting, as politico pointed out, that could be a problem. does facebook or twitter really want to be dragged into a discussion on data collection when data collection is a huge part of what they do. >> that's exactly right. the president announced positive steps like adding a public advocate to the fisa courts. right now it's a rubber stamp. having a dynamic is good for privacy. that being said, this board he announced is kind of a political measure that politicians take to punt an issue. we don't know exactly the composition of the board. i believe they want to release their report in a couple months. by then we'll be talking about a government shutdown or obamacare implementation. the enthusiasm will be zapped away. >> i thought was interesting in the political story, when you read the reaction from folks in the industry, they're saying there's two separate conv
>> the president on friday when he was talking about the nsa and some of the things he was going to be doing, he consulted with silicon valley and he said he would continue to engage them. one of the things i thought was interesting, as politico pointed out, that could be a problem. does facebook or twitter really want to be dragged into a discussion on data collection when data collection is a huge part of what they do. >> that's exactly right. the president announced positive...